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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning are enabling humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education ventures. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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